Wallace, ID Fire, Jul 1890 - Destroyed by Fire
Wallace Destroyed By Fire
In July, 1890, a fire spread from the roof of a house on Sixth Street, and by night all the buildings but three were totally destroyed. The alleys a this time were filled with brush and stumps and for several days a veritable forest fire raged over what was once Wallace. On the morning of the second day of the fire, a flat car with a stove and provisions came from Mullan, and in this manner bread and coffee were served to the people of the city.
Four days after the fire a tent city was built and within the next six months, or by Christmas of 1890, brick buildings and other structures had replaced the old temporary structures.
Gems of thought and history of Shoshone County; Kellogg, Idaho: Kellogg Evening News Press, 1940, page 48
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